High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 38,127. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 41,460. The county seat is Cedartown. Created on December 20, 1851, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, the County is named after James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the United States.